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Synonyms and Antonyms of choke

1 to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe
  • let go of my throat—you're choking me!
Synonyms of choke

garrote (or garotte), strangle, suffocate, throttle
Words Related to choke

asphyxiate, smother, stifle

scrag
Near Antonyms of choke

restore, resuscitate, revive
2 to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe
  • the recommended procedure for helping someone who is choking
Synonyms of choke

gag, suffocate
Words Related to choke

heave, retch, throw up, vomit

asphyxiate, smother, stifle
Near Antonyms of choke

breathe, respire

expire, inspire
3 to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air
  • thick, black smoke choked the trapped firefighters
Synonyms of choke

smother, stifle, strangle, suffocate
Words Related to choke

garrote (or garotte), throttle

asphyxiate

drown

croak [slang], destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, slay
Near Antonyms of choke

breathe, exhale, expire, inhale, inspire

resuscitate, revive
4 to prevent passage through by filling with something
  • overgrown bushes choked the narrow alleyway between the buildings
Synonyms of choke

block, clog, clot, congest, dam, gum (up), jam, obstruct, occlude, plug (up), stop (up), stuff
Words Related to choke

bung, cork, spile, stopper, stopple

fill, gridlock, pack

fur, silt

flood, glut, inundate, overwhelm, swamp
Near Antonyms of choke

excavate, hollow (out), scoop (out)

empty, lighten
Antonyms of choke

clear, free, open (up), unblock, unclog, unplug, unstop

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